horsehoof

Most importantly, it has been christened St. Horsehoof's Home for Wayward Writers, as the Casco in Casco Bay means horsehoof in Spanish.

St. Horsehoof's Home for Wayward Writers yuki_onna 2009

Another meibutsu of Oki is much less known than it deserves to be -- the beautiful jet-black stone called bateiseki, or 'horsehoof stone.'

Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan Second Series Lafcadio Hearn 1877

"Mediaeval Catholicism," says Vaupell, "brought us the red horsehoof -- whose reddish-brown flower buds shoot up from the ground when the snow melts, and are followed by the large leaves -- comfrey and snake-root, which grow only where there were convents and other dwellings in the Middle Ages."

Earth as Modified by Human Action, The~ Chapter 02 (historical) 1874

"Mediaeval Catholicism," says Vaupell, "brought us the red horsehoof -- whose reddish-brown flower buds shoot up from the ground when the snow melts, and are followed by the large leaves -- comfrey and snake-root, which grow only where there were convents and other dwellings in the Middle Ages."

The Earth as Modified by Human Action George P. Marsh 1841